# The Pulse: Grok's CLI caught uploading all your local files to the cloud

DevFeed: [The Pulse: Grok's CLI caught uploading all your local files to the cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-pulse-grok-s-cli-caught-uploading-all-your-local-files-to-the-cloud-40918.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/grolk-cli-uploaded-all-your-files-to-the-cloud/>)

Author: Gergely Orosz

Published: 2026-08-19T14:21:33Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [The Pragmatic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-pragmatic-engineer-2.md>)

Topics: [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [.env](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dotenv.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [gcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gcp.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [secret](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secret.md>)

## AI overview

The article reports claims that the Grok Build coding CLI uploaded local workspace data to cloud storage, including repository contents, Git history, and .env file contents in documented tests.

## Source excerpt

Devs discover that Grok CLI pushed all local files, .env files and git history have been pushed to a GCP bucket, unencrypted. SpaceX's initial reaction? Blame the devs